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the city, the condition of the city. >> reporter: mayor gray and the media got a tour of one of the largest projects under way. the marriott hotel taking place next door to the convention center. >> the city said we need more meeting rooms to be competitive. >> reporter: the developer plans to deliver, 1200 rooms, a total of 10,000 square feet of meeting space and an underground tunnel that connects to the convention center. when if opens, it should employ about a thousand people. 51% of those jobs will go to district residents. when complete, this place is going to be absolutely massive. because of height restrictions here in the district, it can only go up 14 floors. so to find space, construction crews dug down over 100 feet. down below, it is so deep it is considered a mining exercise. >> you are required to bring an oxygen tank with you just like you would if you were in a mine. >> reporter: there is more to come. district leaders have gone after domestic and foreign investors. at the city center project downtown, it's deep pocket investors from qatar paying the bills. the mayo
the city, the condition of the city. >> reporter: mayor gray and the media got a tour of one of the largest projects under way. the marriott hotel taking place next door to the convention center. >> the city said we need more meeting rooms to be competitive. >> reporter: the developer plans to deliver, 1200 rooms, a total of 10,000 square feet of meeting space and an underground tunnel that connects to the convention center. when if opens, it should employ about a thousand...
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the city has 1.5 billion in the bank. there is development across the district and over 1,000 people move here each month. the question is can someone else do better? ward 6 council member tommy wells joins us tonight. how do you get this ball rolling on monday? >> first let me say, matt, thank you very much for having me on, that our city is doing pretty well and we've got more people moving in than moving out. our financial house is pretty much in order and in a lot of our neighborhoods like ward 6 our neighborhoods are coming back, but the thing that will most certainly derail it for the city is a government who has a crisis in ethics and certainly the government that loses the confidence in people we govern. so that is something we can't have happen. that's why i'm exploring a run for mayor to be sure we keep the progress of our great city going. >> you talked about ethics, but when mayor gray was asked to step down by a number of your colleagues, you decided not to say anything. do you still feel that wa tonight? >>
the city has 1.5 billion in the bank. there is development across the district and over 1,000 people move here each month. the question is can someone else do better? ward 6 council member tommy wells joins us tonight. how do you get this ball rolling on monday? >> first let me say, matt, thank you very much for having me on, that our city is doing pretty well and we've got more people moving in than moving out. our financial house is pretty much in order and in a lot of our neighborhoods...
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get the nokia lumia 822 in red for free and discover all the things to do on the go with city lens. or the droid razr m by motorola in pink for $49.99. everything droid does in an edge-to-edge display. hurry in, because the sale ends february 20th. powerful devices. powerful network. verizon. so i used my citi thankyou card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? and with all the points i've been earning, i was able to get us a flight to our favorite climbing spot, even on a holiday weekend. ♪ things are definitely... looking up. [ male announcer ] with no blackout dates, you can use your citi thankyou points to travel whenever you want. visit citi.com/thankyoucards to apply. >>> now you have the news edge. of course, the news is always on www.myfoxdc.com. sue palka says it's going to be a beautiful day tomorrow. hope you enjoy it. in the meantime we'll be back here tomorrow, fox 5 news edge at 6:00. see you then. >> fox 5 news isn't over. go to www.myfoxdc.com now for news, weather and entertainment upda
get the nokia lumia 822 in red for free and discover all the things to do on the go with city lens. or the droid razr m by motorola in pink for $49.99. everything droid does in an edge-to-edge display. hurry in, because the sale ends february 20th. powerful devices. powerful network. verizon. so i used my citi thankyou card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? and with all the points i've been earning, i was able to get us a flight to our...
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enough power for a city the size of singapore for 50 years. what's it going to do to the planet? natural gas is the cleanest conventional fuel there is. we've got to be smart about this. it's a smart way to go. ♪ >> our power player of the week. he spends 60 to 90 minutes at th end of each day, logging each presidential activity. >> unofficial? yes, i guess it's unofficial. >> chris: stupid, we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] so there's lots of people out there who aren't happy with their internet. [ ty ] hi, are you lindsey? yes. did you say, "my internet's so slow it's like a car with no gas"? yes. [ male announcer ] well, lindsey, you're about to get verizon fios quantum, america's fastest, most reliable internet. so that's what you used to have... okay. and that's fios. wow, this is crazy fast, almost unbelievable. [ male announcer ] that will put some gas in the old tank, lindsey. supercharge your internet speeds. switch to fios and we'll triple your speed for free with an upgrade to fios quantum. living life at quantum speed, call the verizon center for customers wit
enough power for a city the size of singapore for 50 years. what's it going to do to the planet? natural gas is the cleanest conventional fuel there is. we've got to be smart about this. it's a smart way to go. ♪ >> our power player of the week. he spends 60 to 90 minutes at th end of each day, logging each presidential activity. >> unofficial? yes, i guess it's unofficial. >> chris: stupid, we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] so there's lots of people out there who...
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. >>> the party is over in new orleans as the city cleans up after mardi gras. partieriers had no problem yesterday with a little bit of rain and crowds were smaller than they've been recently. police in the city have been busy lately dealing with the celebration shortly after super bowl crowds cleared out. a little quieter. everybody is moving a little slower this morning. >>> some of of the oldest olympic sports but wrestling in the olympics will soon be a thing of the past. beth parker talked to one olympic hopeful about the impact of this decision. >> helen was the first girl in maryland to place at the state tournament in wrestling. >> helen me result of lis in the red from rockville, maryland w. >> reporter: she had dreamed of being an olympic champion. at 17, she was the youngest woman ever to make the world team. now, international olympic committee says it will eliminate wrestling as an olympic sport in 2020. >> hell insent me a text message at 5:30 in the morning telling me, read this article and this is horrible. this would be so sad and she actually
. >>> the party is over in new orleans as the city cleans up after mardi gras. partieriers had no problem yesterday with a little bit of rain and crowds were smaller than they've been recently. police in the city have been busy lately dealing with the celebration shortly after super bowl crowds cleared out. a little quieter. everybody is moving a little slower this morning. >>> some of of the oldest olympic sports but wrestling in the olympics will soon be a thing of the past....
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we do want to be clear that this is in the city of college park and even though we are hearing that this is off campus, it doesn't necessarily mean that this neighborhood is populated or connected to university of maryland. but, of course, they are all one very large community together and so any time something does happen around the campus or near the off- campus areas, university ever maryland police also getting involved in putting information out but prince george's county police the lead on this scene at this point. we do hope to get more information as the story unfolds as detectives are still inside that house. people are still working very much an active scene and they usually don't give us a whole lot more information until daylight and they have a little bit more of their things crossed off and they talk to all the investigators. that is the most we can tell out record at this point. but if we get anything new, we'll let you know. >> i know you'll follow it. thank you. >>> and we continue to follow a developing crisis in issue i can't. north korea is admitting that it carried o
we do want to be clear that this is in the city of college park and even though we are hearing that this is off campus, it doesn't necessarily mean that this neighborhood is populated or connected to university of maryland. but, of course, they are all one very large community together and so any time something does happen around the campus or near the off- campus areas, university ever maryland police also getting involved in putting information out but prince george's county police the lead...
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matt. >> the city is in great financial shape. $1.5billion in the bank. it comes as pressure has been on him because of questions about tax assessments and transparency. mayor gray said today, i'm sorry to see him go. >> he joined the district government when it was struggling. following a federal controlled board, gandi helped build the city's financial reputation. even boasting about it earlier this week at a press conference. >> in the mid 90s to triple-a. this is truly a financial renaissance. >> in a letter to mayor gray, he said, quote, i feel comfortable retiring at this time because the city is in excellent financial condition. perhaps the best in its history. >> he has done a great job as our chief financial officer and he made hard work look easy. >> he has also been cfo during dark days. most memorable in 2007, when tax office manager, harriette walters, was discovered ripping off taxpayers. $48million over many years. more recently, there have been questions about a lottery contract, changes to tax assessments, and transparency when it comes t
matt. >> the city is in great financial shape. $1.5billion in the bank. it comes as pressure has been on him because of questions about tax assessments and transparency. mayor gray said today, i'm sorry to see him go. >> he joined the district government when it was struggling. following a federal controlled board, gandi helped build the city's financial reputation. even boasting about it earlier this week at a press conference. >> in the mid 90s to triple-a. this is truly a...
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probably not a big problem on the roads. light snow mix all the way down to the city. however, not expecting much in the way of accumulation. overnight tonight only down to 35 degrees. all out of here by tomorrow morning. a few clouds, sunny through the day tomorrow. and i'm calling the shot i don't know if you'll agree with this. i'm calling tomorrow comfortably cool. how's that? >> sure. people can snuggle with their sweethearts. >> it's going to be a nice valentine's day but not quite cold enough for a cuddle alert which we like to issue but it is valentine's day so you don't need an excuse to cuddle. >> just turn off the heat. >> or take a long walk out there tomorrow evening. >> thank you, gary. >>> now to the talk of the town on tmz. kim kardashian and kanye west at the center. what in the world is going on? >> this is such an interesting story. so kanye and kim come from rio to jfk. then they have a lay over and going to la. the greeter from american airlines takes them to the plane headed for la but bypasses security. they get in the plane and suddenly tsa come
probably not a big problem on the roads. light snow mix all the way down to the city. however, not expecting much in the way of accumulation. overnight tonight only down to 35 degrees. all out of here by tomorrow morning. a few clouds, sunny through the day tomorrow. and i'm calling the shot i don't know if you'll agree with this. i'm calling tomorrow comfortably cool. how's that? >> sure. people can snuggle with their sweethearts. >> it's going to be a nice valentine's day but not...
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in kansas city, missouri, the snow plows trying to clear the roads while people work on the sidewalks. everyone is struggling to keep up with the accumulation. city leaders working to keep residents safe and informed. >> we're keeping the community centers open if people need shelter and we trying to make sure we're pushing out in which information as we can. from parking on the street and where to go if you get in trouble or stranded. >> reporter: the heavy snow shutting down the kansas city international airport. across the state, st. louis turning into a winter wonderland. in the neighboring state of kansas, transportation officials shutting counsel more than 90 -- down more than 90 miles of interstate and urging folks to city off the roads and in nebraska, snow plows gearing up for a long day of work and in to southern california on wednesday and folks are facing whiteout and icy conditions and making travel practically impossible, shutting down schools and some state governments. with the possibility of high winds and hail and some isolated tornados. the storm has the northeast i
in kansas city, missouri, the snow plows trying to clear the roads while people work on the sidewalks. everyone is struggling to keep up with the accumulation. city leaders working to keep residents safe and informed. >> we're keeping the community centers open if people need shelter and we trying to make sure we're pushing out in which information as we can. from parking on the street and where to go if you get in trouble or stranded. >> reporter: the heavy snow shutting down the...
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points. >> look where the city is moving, how the city is moving forward both fiscally, we're fiscally sound. we are the envy of many cities in america. america. >>> a d.c. council member is introducing a bill to make it all but impossible to cheat on standardized tests in d.c. public schools. david catania's legislation would make it a violation of district law for teachers to allow cheating. any teacher or principal found guilty would lose their license and face thousands of dollars in fines. the bill is in response to reports of cheating that led to unusually high test scores. >>> ate a plea -- a plea deal is in the work for a northern virginia man face terrorism charges after shooting a security guard this summer. last summer, authorities say he walked into the family research council's headquarters and shot the guard. the guard survived. >> time now not morning line. >> you remember that song? >> i don't remember t i got a lot going on. got three kid and a wife. i'm in the a kingle man running around the commonwealth like you. -- i'm he not a kingle man running around the commonwe
points. >> look where the city is moving, how the city is moving forward both fiscally, we're fiscally sound. we are the envy of many cities in america. america. >>> a d.c. council member is introducing a bill to make it all but impossible to cheat on standardized tests in d.c. public schools. david catania's legislation would make it a violation of district law for teachers to allow cheating. any teacher or principal found guilty would lose their license and face thousands of...
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the coast of ocean city with 40 wind tush signs. the bill heads to the senate. >>> coming up, more than a dozen u.s. companies following -- falling victims to recent cyberattacks. what can you do to protect yourself and your information. >>> and that is called street art. a new exhibit chronicling the graffiti area. . >> what happens when a curling tutorial goes wrong? the young girl in disbelief when she realized she burns off her hair. a few months later, she layoffs at herself and decided to post the video on youtube. . >>> a new report shows more and more consumers continue to battle identity theft. fox's brenda butner has tips to protect yourself and your information. >> reporter: it may be the premise of a hit hollywood comedy. identity theft is no laughing matter when you're the victim. >> it's too easy to steal information and money and the cyberdomains around the world are an easy victim to prey and to the hackers out there. >> reporter: research from javelin strategy shows there was a new victim of identity fraud once ever
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the entire city damaging buildings and shattering windows. nasa said the explosive force of the media or breaking up was the equivalent of two one to hear oshima bombs over twelve hundred people were injured including over two hundred children mostly from pieces of shattered glass. the windows just exploded i saw one girl he did her head and a bring his hand we were told to quickly put our clothes on and ran out so many were able to film the owner of the phenomenon later flooding the web with footage as rumors spread of what it might have been a stricken airplane a satellite that fell out of orbit even the beginning of the and of the world would mrs reported seeing fragments of the crashing all across the region. i saw a small can there was a weird smell but it was not a fire so i think it's a piece of meteorite and his small during their no for now the immediate priority is to look after the injured and repair the damage to buildings especially the broken windows in schools and residential areas as temperatures. drop below minus fifteen cels
the entire city damaging buildings and shattering windows. nasa said the explosive force of the media or breaking up was the equivalent of two one to hear oshima bombs over twelve hundred people were injured including over two hundred children mostly from pieces of shattered glass. the windows just exploded i saw one girl he did her head and a bring his hand we were told to quickly put our clothes on and ran out so many were able to film the owner of the phenomenon later flooding the web with...
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the fat tuesday celebrations down in the crescent city. >> be good to be in the big easy today. as we head to the break, a live look outside. we're going to get the latest weather and traffic from tucker and julie. it's 7:26. you are watching fox 5 morning news. s. [ male announcerrx. ♪ then we turned the page, creating the rx hybrid. ♪ now we've turned the page again with the rx f sport. ♪ this is the next chapter for the rx and the next chapter for lexus. this is the pursuit of perfection. >>> allison. it's time. >> the party will go on in new orleans. >> that was the party? >> forecasters are calling for more rain for today's mardi gras festivities. the great weather didn't keep people away monday. this is a live shot so everyone's got off to sleep it off. they lined the streets to see harry conic junior lead the parade. that's one of the big ones. >> i have never dared to be in new orleans for mardi gras. a little intimidated. i'll go when it's not mardi gras. it feels like mardi gras all the time in that area. not brave enough yet. >>
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couple of flurries here in the city saturday afternoon. that is the warmth really cranking up. that is what brought us the win and the much colder air during the day yesterday. cold air sticks around this morning. later this afternoon, we'll be a little warmer than we were sunday with highs expected to be about 40 or so. with plenty of sunshine and less wind, it should feel a little better for you. sunshine expected, highs, we'll go 41 in washington. upper 30s and low 40s north and west. 38 in frederick and leonardtown, it will be about 41 as well. so a nice looking day for a holiday. >> yes, thankfully. >> it is hard to believe we'll get there. thank you. >>> time to check in with jeff newman sitting in no julie wright. >> good morning. we'll start on your tridown from gaithersburg on 270. 207 itself moving at speed. -- we'll start on your trip down from gaithersburg on 270. there is a fire near gaithersburg high school and cedar avenue closed between 355 and george street. we'll head over to the legion bridge looking good in both directions. inner loop head nobody montgomery
couple of flurries here in the city saturday afternoon. that is the warmth really cranking up. that is what brought us the win and the much colder air during the day yesterday. cold air sticks around this morning. later this afternoon, we'll be a little warmer than we were sunday with highs expected to be about 40 or so. with plenty of sunshine and less wind, it should feel a little better for you. sunshine expected, highs, we'll go 41 in washington. upper 30s and low 40s north and west. 38 in...
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we should follow the example of new york city nurse when hurricane sandy plunged her house into darkness, she wasn't thinking about how her own home was faring, her mind was on the 20 precious newborn in her care and rescue plan she devised that kept them all safe. we should follow the example of a north miami woman. when she arrived at the polling place she was told to wait to vote might be six hours. as time went by her concern was not with her tired body but whether folks like her would get to have a say. hour after hour, people stayed in line to support her because she is 102 years old. they erupted in cheers when she put on sticker that read, i voted. [ applause ] >> we should follow the example after police officer named brian murphy. whether a gunman opened fire on a sikh temple in wisconsin, brian was the first to arrive and he did not consider his own safety. he fought back u until help arrived and ordered his fellow officers to protect the safety americans worshipping inside even as he lay bleeding from 12 bullet wounds. when asked how he did that, brian said, that is just the
we should follow the example of new york city nurse when hurricane sandy plunged her house into darkness, she wasn't thinking about how her own home was faring, her mind was on the 20 precious newborn in her care and rescue plan she devised that kept them all safe. we should follow the example of a north miami woman. when she arrived at the polling place she was told to wait to vote might be six hours. as time went by her concern was not with her tired body but whether folks like her would get...
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and the city is in ruins. an american autopsy author joins us live. >>> then most good things start off small. coming up this hour, ladies never again ruin your favorite pair of shoes in rough weather. >> plus, fellas, shave time and money with one start up that's trimming your need to buy expensive razors. don't think that's the right video. and the harlem globe trotters are letting you make the rules. some of the players are here to talk about this year's tour. meet mighty. the 10th female to join the team in 87 year history. >> let's get it started with tucker barnes. good morning. >> jam packed weather too. rain moving in potential ly a wintery mix here off to the north and west. going to be a soggy day. there's a live shot. no rain at this hour. area wide we're still dry. you may notice the breezes picking up out of the east. by the noon hour, the rain will be moving in. your afternoon commute will likely be a wet one. you can see the rain is off to our south and west pushing up into southwest virginia. t
and the city is in ruins. an american autopsy author joins us live. >>> then most good things start off small. coming up this hour, ladies never again ruin your favorite pair of shoes in rough weather. >> plus, fellas, shave time and money with one start up that's trimming your need to buy expensive razors. don't think that's the right video. and the harlem globe trotters are letting you make the rules. some of the players are here to talk about this year's tour. meet mighty. the...
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here is a look at the three most ticketed intersections in the city of rockville. westbound goody drive at research boulevard, 5087 violations in 2012. 1043 in 2011. >>> westbound goody at gaither road, 4487 in 2012. 756 in 2011. and then northbound seven locks at fortune terrace, 3981 in just five months. they didn't have a camera in in 2011. all those tickets racked up from august to december of last year. the tickets are $75 each. that means the city of rockville in 2012 brought in more than $1.3 million. wisdom and sarah, that is more than double what they brought in in 2011 and other years past. coming up in the 6:00 hour, we'll be life with lon anderson from aaa to talk a little bit more about this camera controversy. >>> i'm sure he will be fired up as lon usually gets over issues like this. thank you. >>> a news alert out of prince george's county this morning. police are searching for a murder suspect wanted for killing a 71-year-old woman. police found geraldine mcentire dead in her capital heights home on chapel oaks drive saturday afternoon. no word yet
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explosion of the meteorite showering the city below with fireballs. shattering windows and damaging buildings. nearly 1,000 people were hurt. most of the injuries minor though. folks struck by debris and broken glass. [ speaking foreign language ] >> after the flash something happened for about three minutes. then we rushed outdoors. i was not alone. i was there with katya. the door was made of glass, a shock wave hit us. >> reporter: ironically, the event occurring in the same day an asteroid is supposed to buzz by earth closer than any asteroid has since 15 years ago and scientists started monitoring them. experts insist it will miss the planet by more than 17,000 miles coming closer than communication and weather slights which orbit the -- satellites which orbit the earth. >> on the scale of every 1,000 to 2,000 years and again they're about the size of the olympic swimming pool. they don't pose a threat and this one isn't going to come close the colliding with -- to colliding with the earth. >> reporter: it blew up around 18 to 32 miles above the
explosion of the meteorite showering the city below with fireballs. shattering windows and damaging buildings. nearly 1,000 people were hurt. most of the injuries minor though. folks struck by debris and broken glass. [ speaking foreign language ] >> after the flash something happened for about three minutes. then we rushed outdoors. i was not alone. i was there with katya. the door was made of glass, a shock wave hit us. >> reporter: ironically, the event occurring in the same day...
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leave the phone in the car like i do and travel to the nation's sexiest city. we'll take you there. >> and dare we say snow for your valentine's morning? gary mcgrady joining us with the forecast still ahead. ♪ ♪ if loving you is wrong ♪ i don't wanna be right [ record scratch ] what?! it's not bad for you. it just tastes that way. [ female announcer ] honey nut cheerios cereal -- heart-healthy, whole grain oats. you can't go wrong loving it. bee happy. bee healthy. with clusters of flakes and o's. oh, ho ho... it's the honey sweetness. i...i mean, you...love. >>> back to our top story tonight, pope benedict xvi is resigning. the pope stunned the roman catholic church today when he announced he would step down saying he no longer had the mental or physical strength to carry on. the last day will be february 28th. he's the first pope to resign in 700 years. he will not be involved in a new selection process. the former mayor of boston and former u.s. ambassador to the vatican joins us with perspective tonight. thank you for joining us. >> good eveni
leave the phone in the car like i do and travel to the nation's sexiest city. we'll take you there. >> and dare we say snow for your valentine's morning? gary mcgrady joining us with the forecast still ahead. ♪ ♪ if loving you is wrong ♪ i don't wanna be right [ record scratch ] what?! it's not bad for you. it just tastes that way. [ female announcer ] honey nut cheerios cereal -- heart-healthy, whole grain oats. you can't go wrong loving it. bee happy. bee healthy. with...
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. >>> straight up 5:00, we are getting you live picture right now there vatican city where pope benedict xvi is making his first public appearance since his resignation announcement t will be his sex tonight last public audience before retiring at the end of the month -- his second to last public audience before retiring at the end of the month. >> i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm wisdom marcan in on our weather here locally and talk to tucker barnes. >> we have an action-packed day starting with clear skies and cold conditions. later today, we'll cloud up and get a period of rain. parts of the area will transition over to snow tonight. not going to be a major storm. not talking boston blizzard. later tonight, i think after the rush hour, there could be some light accumulations if you are concerned about coming back from work later this afternoon, generally with the exception of if you are going well north and west, it should just be rain showers for you. 36 at reagan national. dulles and bwi marshall, 33 degrees. not concerned with anything falling from the skies. we still have clear skies for
. >>> straight up 5:00, we are getting you live picture right now there vatican city where pope benedict xvi is making his first public appearance since his resignation announcement t will be his sex tonight last public audience before retiring at the end of the month -- his second to last public audience before retiring at the end of the month. >> i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm wisdom marcan in on our weather here locally and talk to tucker barnes. >> we have an...
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way the city of baltimore is. that is the way we are. we did this for them back home. we had a great sendoff and we can't wait to get back there for the parade. >> you can at least say it wasn't boring. >> it was twists an entire game. >> thousands of ravens fans poured in the streets of baltimore to celebrate the team's second championship. >> the partying went into the wee hours of the morning. melanie alnwick has fan reaction. >> it was that kind of celebration that turned complete stranger into his friends at least for the six hours or so they rallied around the rav phones a final time this season. there was a lot of whooping and hollering once the victory became official. it was a tough second half. >> it was best win ever. ray lewis played with so much heart tonight. joe flacco came out there. >> i loved it. we earned it. we came a long way. baltimore has heart. we have heart and we brought it home. >> i've been waiting 12 years for this win and i couldn't ask for anything more. >> reporter: baltimore police
way the city of baltimore is. that is the way we are. we did this for them back home. we had a great sendoff and we can't wait to get back there for the parade. >> you can at least say it wasn't boring. >> it was twists an entire game. >> thousands of ravens fans poured in the streets of baltimore to celebrate the team's second championship. >> the partying went into the wee hours of the morning. melanie alnwick has fan reaction. >> it was that kind of celebration...
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the council will consider a resolution disapproving of jim graham's conduct related to the city's lottery contract. investigations have found that graham told a developer he would support his bid for the lottery contract in exchange for the developer dropping out of a project around a metro station. graham disputes the findings. tony? >>> allison, the count down keeps ticking to sequestration. we inch closer to the deadline. only a few days left until the cuts take effect and looks like they will happen. fox5's melanie alnwick is live on capitol hill with the latest. good morning, melanie. >> reporter: good morning, tony. president obama is going to host the nation's governors at the white house later today. he says he's looking for a few good partners to help pressure congress to stop the crest ration -- sequestration. the white house has released the possible impacts. lawmakers will return to capitol hill today, looking for ways to perhaps rework the cuts that will hit every line item in every federal agency. administration leaders say the spending reductions will furlough hundreds of t
the council will consider a resolution disapproving of jim graham's conduct related to the city's lottery contract. investigations have found that graham told a developer he would support his bid for the lottery contract in exchange for the developer dropping out of a project around a metro station. graham disputes the findings. tony? >>> allison, the count down keeps ticking to sequestration. we inch closer to the deadline. only a few days left until the cuts take effect and looks...
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the punishment is in response to the ruling by the ethics board that he broke the city's code of conduct when it came to his influence over two projects and matt ackland has more. >> reporter: jim graham is only the sec council member to be punished by his fires. marion barry was punished several years ago and today, barry was the only one supporting graham. it appeared this was the last place that council members wanted to be, called into a meeting to punish one of their own. >> it's not ordinarily constructive to criticize one another, which is why there is a lot of reluctance to do that and why today is an uncomfortable day for the council of the district of columbia. >> reporter: uncomfortable but necessary. it was chairman mendelson who came up with the punishment after seeing the results of three independent investigations suggested that graham broke the city's code of conduct when he agreed to trade boats on two projects. >> it might be appropriate for a council member to publicly express a preference, it's not appropriate for a council member to attempt to influence behind-the-sc
the punishment is in response to the ruling by the ethics board that he broke the city's code of conduct when it came to his influence over two projects and matt ackland has more. >> reporter: jim graham is only the sec council member to be punished by his fires. marion barry was punished several years ago and today, barry was the only one supporting graham. it appeared this was the last place that council members wanted to be, called into a meeting to punish one of their own. >>...
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new york avenue at blaitensburg road, continuing south into the city and out towards pennsylvania avenue. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >>> our big story this morning, five days of nightmarish conditions finally come to an end for thousands of cruise ship passengers. >> i just feel sick about what they've had to go through. a carnival cruise ship arrive inside mobile, alabama late last night. passengers have access to showers and fresh food for the first time in days. sherry has more on this. >>reporter: hi, sarah, hi, wisdom. carnival cruise passengers headed into mobile today, they were happy to finally have some hot showers and some food after this horrific ordeal at sea. it took four hours to get everyone off the 14-story ship. some people were so overjoyed that they kissed the ground. more than 4,000 people were stranded on the triumph for five days after an engine room fire knocked out power. passengers described unsanitary conditions and overflowing toilets. some slept on the open deck. waiting buses took people to hotels in new orleans and texas. the cruise line a
new york avenue at blaitensburg road, continuing south into the city and out towards pennsylvania avenue. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >>> our big story this morning, five days of nightmarish conditions finally come to an end for thousands of cruise ship passengers. >> i just feel sick about what they've had to go through. a carnival cruise ship arrive inside mobile, alabama late last night. passengers have access to showers and fresh food for the first time in...
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thank the federal government for it. >> the funding only part of the money new york city plans to get. >>> straight ahead here on the news edge, not many people can say they've been inside air force 1. one local man has assisting three presidents. the story of a crew captain on the most famous plane. >> ♪ [ music ] ♪ >> the song has the power to make little ones dance, even a sleeping baby. a little ground sound asleep in the family girl. the moment the song came from the speakers she can't help but move. we gotta sell the car. where would we even start? get the car. hi howard. get in. hi, good to see you. start with an actual written offer when selling your car, no strings attached. carmax. start here. >>> february is black history month. we're taking the opportunity to introduce you to people in our area with stories to tell. the man who has kept presidents safe. beth parker has his story. >> when this fresh faced young guy joined the air force he could not have imagined what he would see. >> continue lee sandy hook rise, president bush in the background there. >> three presiden
thank the federal government for it. >> the funding only part of the money new york city plans to get. >>> straight ahead here on the news edge, not many people can say they've been inside air force 1. one local man has assisting three presidents. the story of a crew captain on the most famous plane. >> ♪ [ music ] ♪ >> the song has the power to make little ones dance, even a sleeping baby. a little ground sound asleep in the family girl. the moment the song came...
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you can follow the journey on the oscarroadtrip.com. let oscar know what to do in each city. he will be in front of the white house and tonight at the lamiridian hotel beginning at 5:00. up close and in person. >> so pretty. ahead using puppets to teach kids. >> holly morris is taking us to imagination stage for a japanese tale. >> derek thomas is here to show us how to make something thoughtful and creative. there's a theme. >> that's right. part b. and as we take you to the break. it is valentine's day. you have a theme ask allison? send it to me. we need your questions so we can answer them tomorrow during the mighty 9:00 hour. to submit your questions, head to myfoxdc.com and click on the morning tab. 9:43. stay with us. more to come. ♪ making the big romantic gesture. that's powerful. verizon. get a nokia lumia 822 in red for free. [ female announcer ] at yoplait, we want you to feel even better about your favorite flavors. so when you call, tweet, and post, we listen. that's why yoplait light and yoplait original are now made with no high fructose corn syrup. and why
you can follow the journey on the oscarroadtrip.com. let oscar know what to do in each city. he will be in front of the white house and tonight at the lamiridian hotel beginning at 5:00. up close and in person. >> so pretty. ahead using puppets to teach kids. >> holly morris is taking us to imagination stage for a japanese tale. >> derek thomas is here to show us how to make something thoughtful and creative. there's a theme. >> that's right. part b. and as we take you...
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mayor vincent gray claimed the city a success during his third annual state of the district address. he rolled off a number of achievements that include a 3% drop in unemployment, the creation of 28,000 private sector job in the last two years, unprecedented development and a drop this crime. mayor gray says he hopes to add thousands of new affordable housing units and create new opportunities to start-up businesses and tech companies. >>> in virginia, a bush by governor bob mcdon told overhaul the state's transportation funding remains uncertain after the senate deadlocked on a deal. the $3.1 billion transportation proposal was approved yesterday by the state house. at the center of the bill, getting rid of the 17-cent gas tax and replacing it with an increased sales tax. the senate can now amend or kill the house version of the bill. >>> another battle is brewing on capitol hill. president obama has asked congress to come up with billions of dollars in limited spending cuts to avoid across the board cuts due to take effect in march. >> the president is hoping to avoid the major seq
mayor vincent gray claimed the city a success during his third annual state of the district address. he rolled off a number of achievements that include a 3% drop in unemployment, the creation of 28,000 private sector job in the last two years, unprecedented development and a drop this crime. mayor gray says he hopes to add thousands of new affordable housing units and create new opportunities to start-up businesses and tech companies. >>> in virginia, a bush by governor bob mcdon told...
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and high temperatures even here in the city only in the upper 30s today. if you are off to the north and west, you'll struggle into the upper 20s and low 30s. 32 in washington. wasn't kidding around. julie wants me to see the picture one more time. here are your winds gusting to 25. we've got windchills and i don't confuse that map that much this year. windchill values feels like 24. 16 in gaithersburg. 14 in hagerstown. when you are talking about windchills in the teens and 20s, it feels cold. 26 for you. going to be a cold afternoon. should be a mix of sun and clouds particularly north and west more in the way of cloud cover. getting some of that spill over off the lakes and giving us cloud cover. and a few lake affect snow shower hz firing up overnight into southwest pennsylvania. one or two snuck in to northwest portions of maryland. we should be sunny today. cold tonight. sunny for your thursday . and then that's the makings of our system for friday. as we get into friday, friday night we could be dealing with a light wintery mix around here. going to
and high temperatures even here in the city only in the upper 30s today. if you are off to the north and west, you'll struggle into the upper 20s and low 30s. 32 in washington. wasn't kidding around. julie wants me to see the picture one more time. here are your winds gusting to 25. we've got windchills and i don't confuse that map that much this year. windchill values feels like 24. 16 in gaithersburg. 14 in hagerstown. when you are talking about windchills in the teens and 20s, it feels cold....
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the suit claims that the city owed a police officer overtime for work done on blackberries. then to ask for us to do more off-duty is too much. we sacrifice our family time to serve the public, even off duty we're sworn to protect. you want us to take away more time from our families to do more, then pay us. >> a lot of people fired up about that one. >>> meanwhile, fired up about the weather forecast. things will get interesting. not so much in the mid- atlantic, up in new england, they're t alking about the possibility of a blizzard. maybe one to two feet towards boston. let's get to it. one more time, no issues today. it will be cloudy with highs near 40 this afternoon. here are the temperatures now, reagan national jumped up to 34. 29 in annapolis. off to the north and the west, temperatures, it's cold out there, 25 in frederick. our friends in cumberland, 28 in winchester. i mentioned highs only about 40 later this afternoon, noticeably cooler and the primary reason why, clouds. you can see them rolling in from the south and the west. it will be a mostly cloudy day. loo
the suit claims that the city owed a police officer overtime for work done on blackberries. then to ask for us to do more off-duty is too much. we sacrifice our family time to serve the public, even off duty we're sworn to protect. you want us to take away more time from our families to do more, then pay us. >> a lot of people fired up about that one. >>> meanwhile, fired up about the weather forecast. things will get interesting. not so much in the mid- atlantic, up in new...
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just overwhelming to have that kind of enthusiasm in the city where you can play every week and get the same type of crowd. thousands of kids coming every week. >> reporter: your best memory? >> man, just playing with a lot of those funk groups, and just seeing how the people, the audience interact as well. two different styles of music, but they was like on it. i remember the old 930 club, you know, and we would play with fish bone, and some of those groups and they have a totally different style. the music was raw. the people just lose their mind. >> reporter: do you still like to play the old stuff, or do you like to play new stuff now? >> you know, a lot of our old stuff is like classic music, and -- >> reporter: don't mess with a classic. right. >> we play a lot of our old music, and of course we're like a new twist, bring it up-to- date a little bit. we're going to have all the original members this sunday. we're going to take them back, and we're going to get a little new on them, too. >> reporter: tell them what you were singing earlier. come on. he's classic. but he's also curr
just overwhelming to have that kind of enthusiasm in the city where you can play every week and get the same type of crowd. thousands of kids coming every week. >> reporter: your best memory? >> man, just playing with a lot of those funk groups, and just seeing how the people, the audience interact as well. two different styles of music, but they was like on it. i remember the old 930 club, you know, and we would play with fish bone, and some of those groups and they have a totally...
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tell me the name of your city. >> the name of our city is estuaria. it's in honor of the chesapeake bay. second largest in the world. since we were so close, what we decided to do, why don't we help our local waterway instead of going to asia and help theirs. >> start at home. someone point out some things that are helping to deal with rethinking runoff. >> sure. right here which one of our main features is save the bay bridge. this bridge will have to be made in order to help with the population growth. since it's always in the water, it will have a filtration device. it will be constantly filtering it. >> what do you guys think your chances are of winning? >> pretty high. >> i like it. right out of the gate. why do you think yours stands apart? >> we worked hard. we put in effort. it turned out great. >> it did turn out great. high five to all my brilliant kids. high five too. myfoxdc.com is our web site. we have a link to future city if you want to find out more about how this whole thing work. coming up in our next hour, educational video game. we
tell me the name of your city. >> the name of our city is estuaria. it's in honor of the chesapeake bay. second largest in the world. since we were so close, what we decided to do, why don't we help our local waterway instead of going to asia and help theirs. >> start at home. someone point out some things that are helping to deal with rethinking runoff. >> sure. right here which one of our main features is save the bay bridge. this bridge will have to be made in order to help...
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this happened near the famous city of luxor. so far, the dead include french and british tourists among others. officials say there was a fire and an explosion and the balloon plunged from the sky t crashed into a field of sugar cane about 320 miles south of cairo. >>> developing this morning, the major budget battle continues on capitol hill as lawmakers now have just three days to strike a deal to prevent sequestration. >> president obama is meeting with top senate republicans, john mccain and lipped say graham today to discuss immigration reform. however, the possibility has been raised that sequestration will be discussed as well f budget cuts do not kick in on friday, the unemployed and local governments will be the first to take a hit. long-term unemployed people could see their weekly checks decrisis by $30. both sides are calling on each other to do something soon. >> congress is poised to allow a series of arbitrary, automatic budget cuts to kick in that will slow our economy, eliminate good jobs and leave a lot of folk
this happened near the famous city of luxor. so far, the dead include french and british tourists among others. officials say there was a fire and an explosion and the balloon plunged from the sky t crashed into a field of sugar cane about 320 miles south of cairo. >>> developing this morning, the major budget battle continues on capitol hill as lawmakers now have just three days to strike a deal to prevent sequestration. >> president obama is meeting with top senate republicans,...
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it's confined to the shoulder. lanes are open, but traffic slows leaving 630 courthouse road, leaving stafford, delays dale city woodbridge and newington to edsel road. outer loop of the beltway below speed towards georgia avenue. we'll show you what else is happening. if you are continuing to work not on 295, below speed, down to 22 miles per hour, to the inbound 11th street bridge. gw parkway traffic slowing from 123 to the key bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> thank you. congress has just four days to avert the beginning of sequester related budget cuts. while some have warned of a scorched earth future if the budget slashing begins, there are some in congress and elsewhere who say the process may have an upside. here to talk about if there is indeed an upside is a staff writer at roll call, and a frequent guest of the show. i'm happy that you're here, talking once again about the sequester and what it means. i guess the big question is, is there an upside to these budget cuts? >> if the
it's confined to the shoulder. lanes are open, but traffic slows leaving 630 courthouse road, leaving stafford, delays dale city woodbridge and newington to edsel road. outer loop of the beltway below speed towards georgia avenue. we'll show you what else is happening. if you are continuing to work not on 295, below speed, down to 22 miles per hour, to the inbound 11th street bridge. gw parkway traffic slowing from 123 to the key bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic....
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delays from duke city. lanes are open continuing across the 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. traffic. . >>> our top stories, police in maryland continue to investigate a shooting that left two men men dead in montgomery county. takoma park police say they responded to a home on flower drive around 2:00 sunday morning. police now say they are investigating it as a murder suicide. the victim are identified as david draw and steven hickman. draws with i teacher at high road primary and middle school in d.c. school officials are expected to release more information later on today regarding his death. >>> in fauquier county, virginia, police or the lookout for a person of interest in a double homicide investigation. on sunday, deputies found 74- year-old ethel slack and her husband, 08-year-old nelson slack in hair home on bunk are hill road both suffering injuries to the upper body. police are now locking for 60- year-old john jeffries of fredericksburg, virginia. they just want to question him about the murders police say. >>> presid
delays from duke city. lanes are open continuing across the 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. traffic. . >>> our top stories, police in maryland continue to investigate a shooting that left two men men dead in montgomery county. takoma park police say they responded to a home on flower drive around 2:00 sunday morning. police now say they are investigating it as a murder suicide. the victim are identified as david draw and steven hickman. draws with i...
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of the district of columbia. >> the city a vile sewer. she says the district needs help. fox 5's paul wagner has that story. >> cindy, cindy, cindy. what's that you say? our fine city is a dump? the nation's crapiton? on page 18, cindy adams didn't take a swipe at our lovely city. she launched a full out offensive. >> she said that it is rank, murky, and a sewer. what do you make of that? >> she's not talking about any neighborhood that i know. >> adams writes, she drove down here recently and found d.c. stands for the district of crapola. >> is that the washington that you know? >> oh my god, that's awful. what's her beef with washington? no, that's not the washington that it's ever been. it's a wonderful city. >> so, we should fire it back at her, don't you think? >> yeah. >> what would you say to her? >> i would tell her that if she feels like our community or the district was that bad, then she needs to help us clean it out. >> when we showed the column to a couple from new orleans, they couldn't disagree more. >> visually, what do yo
of the district of columbia. >> the city a vile sewer. she says the district needs help. fox 5's paul wagner has that story. >> cindy, cindy, cindy. what's that you say? our fine city is a dump? the nation's crapiton? on page 18, cindy adams didn't take a swipe at our lovely city. she launched a full out offensive. >> she said that it is rank, murky, and a sewer. what do you make of that? >> she's not talking about any neighborhood that i know. >> adams writes, she...
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not here in the city. we're 34 now and i don't think that we're going to get colder than where we are here in the city and that is drizzle and up to and temperatures are below freezing and they will stay below the next few hours and overnight tonight, we'll warm up, i think, for about everyone and rain for the part of the weekend, what we're talking about, will. >> and thank you, gary. >>> coming up tonight, a teenager caught on camera dangling from a psycho lift. look at this. oh, my goodness. >> whoa. >> the unthinkable then happened. lindsay. >> every good thing must come to an end. nobody knows that better than georgetown and sirra cows. the final big -- syracuse. next. dinner's ready. [ female announcer ] hamburger helper stroganoff. beefy. creamy. stroganoffy. helpers. forty dishes, all delicious. i just finished a bowl of your light chicken pot pie soup and it was so rich and creamy... is it really 100 calories? let me put you on webcan... lean roasted chicken... and a creamy broth mmm i can still s
not here in the city. we're 34 now and i don't think that we're going to get colder than where we are here in the city and that is drizzle and up to and temperatures are below freezing and they will stay below the next few hours and overnight tonight, we'll warm up, i think, for about everyone and rain for the part of the weekend, what we're talking about, will. >> and thank you, gary. >>> coming up tonight, a teenager caught on camera dangling from a psycho lift. look at this....
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progress of our great city going. -- but the change thing that will derail it for the city is a government that has a crisis in ethics. >> reporter: ward six councilman tommy wells going to be talking with an exploratory committee talking bay possible run for mayor on monday. that is the latest here at the wilson building. back to you. >> always exciting in d.c. politics. thank you. >>> developing out of alabama this morning, a hostage situation involving a 5-year- old boy enters its third full day. the child was taken off his school bus tuesday after his kidnapper came aboard and shot the bus driver to death. >> neighbors have identified the captor as 65 years jimmy lee dikes. police say the two remain in a homemade bunker equipped with tv and electricity. negotiators were able to get medicine to the boy who is said to have asperger's syndrome and adhd. neighbors describe the man as intimidating with strong anti- government views. >>> a judge in northern virginia is today expected to rule whether to declare a mistrial in the case of a former culpeper police officer. daniel harmon wright w
progress of our great city going. -- but the change thing that will derail it for the city is a government that has a crisis in ethics. >> reporter: ward six councilman tommy wells going to be talking with an exploratory committee talking bay possible run for mayor on monday. that is the latest here at the wilson building. back to you. >> always exciting in d.c. politics. thank you. >>> developing out of alabama this morning, a hostage situation involving a 5-year- old boy...
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most of the outages are in the boston area. schools in the city remain closed today. transportation officials say they are work to make sure this morning's commute is as smooth as possible. they are urging people to use mass transit or work from home if possible. >> anything that you can do to help us knock the piles down on the intersections are going to help public safety. shoveling sidewalks i know will take a couple of days. but if you are walking in the street, just be very, very careful. we don't want to see a lot of pedestrian accidents. use caution. >> airports and train stations are also getting back to normal. airlines say they are operating on a close to normal schedule in the area. amtrak has limited service between new york and boston. b >>> a big story this morning, the massive manhunt continues in california for a former lapd officer accused of killing three people. on sunday, a home improvement store was evacuated after police received a tip saying someone resembling 33-year-old christopher dominican republicker was seen inside. police arrived on the s
most of the outages are in the boston area. schools in the city remain closed today. transportation officials say they are work to make sure this morning's commute is as smooth as possible. they are urging people to use mass transit or work from home if possible. >> anything that you can do to help us knock the piles down on the intersections are going to help public safety. shoveling sidewalks i know will take a couple of days. but if you are walking in the street, just be very, very...
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the blizzard conditions out in texas now snowing heavily in kansas city and pushing up towards milwaukee and chicago. and on the eastern side of things, all the green and yellow you see, all the rain falling. that will be pushing into the morning here late morning, early afternoon. it will be a good soaking rain around here during the afternoon hours. temperature right now at reagan national, 33 degrees. cold enough to support some wintry mix. dulles, 27 and bwi marshall, 28. the timing on the rain as it moves in on the winter precip is favorable for us. it will get in here late morning, early afternoon so that will warm temperatures up just a bit. a floodwatch for the 95 corridor here, baltimore and washington as we are expecting 1 to 2 inches of rain. we haven't seen that much in the entire month. we could have a few flooding conditions. showers developing, just lain old rain for your evening commute. rain is pretty much a guarantee. >> we are going to get busy in the weather department. let's check in with julie wright who is already busy in the traffic department. >> absolutely. as t
the blizzard conditions out in texas now snowing heavily in kansas city and pushing up towards milwaukee and chicago. and on the eastern side of things, all the green and yellow you see, all the rain falling. that will be pushing into the morning here late morning, early afternoon. it will be a good soaking rain around here during the afternoon hours. temperature right now at reagan national, 33 degrees. cold enough to support some wintry mix. dulles, 27 and bwi marshall, 28. the timing on the...
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you can't have big dogs in the city. how many people can have a 50 pound dog in dc? >> the one about dog lovers and fashion. >> okay. so dog people consider themselves more fashion conscious. while cat people consider themselves more fashionably challenged. >> that's because we choose not to dress up our pets. live normal lives. >> let's look at our pet of the day. that's so interesting. thank you very much. you know us all well. let's check out our pet of the day. today it is roxy. this is a photo of roxy watching our weekly pet segment. >> hi, roxy. >> how cute is that. >> what kind of dog is roxy? >> a boxer. >> thank you, katy. and thank you for watching us. we do appreciate it. now i'm talking to roxy. if you like your animal to be pet of the day, mouse, ferret, rat, whatever. send a picture to petpix@wttg.com. we'll be right back. (woman) 3 days of walking to give a breast cancer survivor a lifetime-- that's definitely a fair trade. it was such a beautiful experience. (jessica lee) ♪ and it's beautiful (woman) why walk 60 miles in
you can't have big dogs in the city. how many people can have a 50 pound dog in dc? >> the one about dog lovers and fashion. >> okay. so dog people consider themselves more fashion conscious. while cat people consider themselves more fashionably challenged. >> that's because we choose not to dress up our pets. live normal lives. >> let's look at our pet of the day. that's so interesting. thank you very much. you know us all well. let's check out our pet of the day. today...
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the city will have a celebration parade tomorrow starting at city hall and ending at the raven's stadium. >> about 8:08 on this monday morning hchlt and new this morning, president obama hits the road to speak about gun control. the president meets later today with the police department's special operation's center. over the weekend, the white house released a photo of the president skeet shooting last summer saying the president is not against guns. one thing the president wants is background checks. something the nra says is a power grab. today the president is expected to touch on the proposals he talked about with presuperbowl interview. >> we can't have washington dysfunction getting in the way. >> it's all going to affect only the law abiding people. the criminals could careless. >> background checks focus on those who battle mental illness are the areas that seem to be getting the most traction on capitol hill. tony. >> allison, as the alabama hostage stand off enters 7th day, we're learning more about the suspect at the center of it. neighbors say 65-year-old jim lee dykes is an
the city will have a celebration parade tomorrow starting at city hall and ending at the raven's stadium. >> about 8:08 on this monday morning hchlt and new this morning, president obama hits the road to speak about gun control. the president meets later today with the police department's special operation's center. over the weekend, the white house released a photo of the president skeet shooting last summer saying the president is not against guns. one thing the president wants is...
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in the city maybe a dusting or less. not much in terms of accumulation to deal with. 24 degrees tonight. cold. bundle up tonight. tomorrow 38 degrees with a westerly wind. a bit on the breezy side. new orleans they have started the game. 61 degrees with light winds. they are not dealing with any of this. look at the warm up. it gradually starts to kick in. we are near 50 by the time we head to friday. that's when we will see another round of snow showers. once we get through monday night, dry conditions and sunshine as we slowly, slowly climb with the mercury. >> 49 will feel good. >> great compared to what we have. >> thanks. >>> the french spider-man is at it again. he is climbing a building in cuba. he is known for scaling some of the tallest skyscrapers without safety gear. the next mission is a 27 story former hotel taken over during the cuban revolution. the human spider-man inspected the building ahead of his big climb. >> for me this is something interesting. a new country, climbing a new kind of building. >> the
in the city maybe a dusting or less. not much in terms of accumulation to deal with. 24 degrees tonight. cold. bundle up tonight. tomorrow 38 degrees with a westerly wind. a bit on the breezy side. new orleans they have started the game. 61 degrees with light winds. they are not dealing with any of this. look at the warm up. it gradually starts to kick in. we are near 50 by the time we head to friday. that's when we will see another round of snow showers. once we get through monday night, dry...
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and up next, holly shows us how a popular video game is helping make the city. >> starting to think about spring. let's meet a local handbag designer may inspire you. she is showing us her trendy and affordable lines. the best look this spring. the line is daniel nicole. we'll be right back. 9:42. dad, i'd put t that down. ah. 4g, huh? verizon 4g lte. 700 megahertz spectrum, end-to-end, pure lte build. the most consistent speeds indoors or out. and, obviously, astonishing throughput. obviously... you know how fast our home wifi is? yeah. this is basically just as fast. oh. and verizon's got more fast lte coverage than all other networks combined. so it's better. yes. oh, why didn't you just say that? huh-- what is he doing? [ female announcer ] it balances you... [ water crashing ] ...it fills you with energy... and it gives you what you are looking for to live a more natural life. in a convenient two bar pack. this is nature valley... delicious granola bars made with the best ingredients in nature. nature valley. nature at its most delicious. >>> as people along the east coast rec
and up next, holly shows us how a popular video game is helping make the city. >> starting to think about spring. let's meet a local handbag designer may inspire you. she is showing us her trendy and affordable lines. the best look this spring. the line is daniel nicole. we'll be right back. 9:42. dad, i'd put t that down. ah. 4g, huh? verizon 4g lte. 700 megahertz spectrum, end-to-end, pure lte build. the most consistent speeds indoors or out. and, obviously, astonishing...
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and to alabama and miss sippy and a little bit of -- and mississippi and some snow around oklahoma city and wichita and that is the snow we're going to watch and it will start around this area as a bit of light rain tomorrow and that is probably in the mid- to late morning and when that mixes with snow, it won't happen until 6:00 and that is mainly west. it's looking look the rush hours are going to be okay. certainly morning and the evening might be wet. as this goes on and this meet continue, we expect anything that falls to melt on pavement. to the north and west where it's colder and you get a bit of a ban, we're going to say there is a chance that -- chance that uck accumulate one or two inches, mainly on grassy areas. there are no advisories issued. the national weather service is going to hold off on that until they see how they're looking in the morning and we'll see some for winter weather north and west of the district tomorrow. and checking out the future cast, the area at noon is still mainly dry and that rain is moving from south to north and you begin to see changeover aro
and to alabama and miss sippy and a little bit of -- and mississippi and some snow around oklahoma city and wichita and that is the snow we're going to watch and it will start around this area as a bit of light rain tomorrow and that is probably in the mid- to late morning and when that mixes with snow, it won't happen until 6:00 and that is mainly west. it's looking look the rush hours are going to be okay. certainly morning and the evening might be wet. as this goes on and this meet continue,...
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opponents want no more density and have waged a legal battle in the courts claiming the city council's majority vote was insufficient, that the zoning change required a super majority vote. alexandria officials are now willing to yield on that procedure point. >> we are agreeing to meet the super majority standard that the litigation opponents are asking for even though we don't think it's required. >> reporter: mayor bill euille believes the relatively small increase in zoning depp's it i at the old warehouse sites -- density at the old warehouse sites will help pay for future parks there. >> we need to be able to generate some tax revenues so that we can move forward as a city to do the things the citizens want to us do on the waterfront like open space and like the flood mitigation. >> reporter: opponents of the waterfront development plan remain skeptical of the change in tactics. >> certainly there are property rights. we want to make revenue, but i think we can do a much better job and what they're trying to do today is simply circumvent the public process once again. >> reporter
opponents want no more density and have waged a legal battle in the courts claiming the city council's majority vote was insufficient, that the zoning change required a super majority vote. alexandria officials are now willing to yield on that procedure point. >> we are agreeing to meet the super majority standard that the litigation opponents are asking for even though we don't think it's required. >> reporter: mayor bill euille believes the relatively small increase in zoning...
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the wind will be with us for much of the day. 4 right now in washington. 31 in new york city. chicago checking in way temperature just nine degrees. 18 in detroit and 35 in boston. winds blowing out of west here. it has been gusting overnight to about 30. these are your sustained winds. 13 in washington. check out hagerstown, 29 in martinsburg. very windy conditions and our wind chills will be in the teen and 20s here today with high temperatures, at actual air temperature may make it in the upper 30s but it will never feel that warm. it won't be a perfectly sunny day. if you look carefully, you might see a few light snowflakes, snow flurries there on the radar. as we are getting a little lake effect snow kicking in there from the lakes to our north and west. high temperature about 38 in washington. 39 in leonardtown and we won't make it out of the upper 20s and low 30s to the west. winchester, your high about freezing. 30, 32 later today. >> coming up in a minute, we have tony and tucker aimplet really good question today. something i have a thought about before. somewhat wea
the wind will be with us for much of the day. 4 right now in washington. 31 in new york city. chicago checking in way temperature just nine degrees. 18 in detroit and 35 in boston. winds blowing out of west here. it has been gusting overnight to about 30. these are your sustained winds. 13 in washington. check out hagerstown, 29 in martinsburg. very windy conditions and our wind chills will be in the teen and 20s here today with high temperatures, at actual air temperature may make it in the...
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temperatures on the cool side. 40 in the city. cooler than yesterday and more clouds than yesterday too. >> thank you. >>> time to check in with julie for the morning drive. >> so far so good and no issues on 95. no issues to report for those north on 395. traffic is flowing on the wilson bridge. and for those towards 270, all of your lanes are open. >>> thank you. the big story today, the senate intelligence committee begins a confirmation hearing for president obama's pick for cia directer. >> they could avoid one hurdle. live on capitol hill with the latest in the story. >> reporter: some of the most controversial parts of this ongoing war will be part of this hearing and the in house as w ell. lawmakers get to read a classified report that justifies the use of drone strikes to kill americans. president obama's pick to head the cia will have to answer sop tough problems. he's been divined -- described as the architect of the drone strikes. his 16-year-old son, also an american citizen, killed in a drone strike three weeks later
temperatures on the cool side. 40 in the city. cooler than yesterday and more clouds than yesterday too. >> thank you. >>> time to check in with julie for the morning drive. >> so far so good and no issues on 95. no issues to report for those north on 395. traffic is flowing on the wilson bridge. and for those towards 270, all of your lanes are open. >>> thank you. the big story today, the senate intelligence committee begins a confirmation hearing for president...
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the swine fluout break in mexico had a crushing effect on resort cities. according to the united nations world tourism organization, the number of foreigners visiting mexico plummeted more than 11% in large part because of h1n1. in cancun alone, hotel vacancies for april 2009 fell to a paltry 20%. and nearly two dozen hotels suspended operations. others slashed rates and offered other incentives to lure back beachgoers. >> vacation companies sort of take the lead on that because, by bundling travel you do get some pretty aggressive savings passed on to the consumer. >> reporter: health issues arrest i serious concern on any vacation and it is wise to do? research first. a good first stop is the centers for disease control web site. also a good idea, buying trip insurance. phil keating, fox news. >>> new gun laws in maryland are one step closer to taking shape this morning. we'll be right back. ] [ babbling ] the cheerios bandit got you again? [ both laugh ] ♪ the one and only, cheerios ♪ nom, nom, nom. ♪ the one and only, cheerios ♪ >>> a check on
the swine fluout break in mexico had a crushing effect on resort cities. according to the united nations world tourism organization, the number of foreigners visiting mexico plummeted more than 11% in large part because of h1n1. in cancun alone, hotel vacancies for april 2009 fell to a paltry 20%. and nearly two dozen hotels suspended operations. others slashed rates and offered other incentives to lure back beachgoers. >> vacation companies sort of take the lead on that because, by...
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for the city council last year about two burglaries. but police so far have not confirmed those reports. >> a left questions still this morning. thank you so much. we'll check in with you later. >>> looking at some of our other top stories this horn, an alexandria sheriff's deputy is on routine administrative leave after prince george's county police say the deputy shot and killed an intruder. the deputy returned home on rose marie drive in fort washington tuesday night and found an intruder inside. he shot the suspect using a personal handgun. the intruder collapsed on the front law and died. police have not released the deputy's name or the intruder's name. >>> there is another sealed hearing set for today in the chandra levy murder trial. it has to do with new evidence in the case. the capitol hill intern was found murdered back in 2001 and an illegal immigrant was found guilty and sentenced to 60 years in prison. at today's hearings, some court observers and member of the media will be allowed into the courtroom but will not be able
for the city council last year about two burglaries. but police so far have not confirmed those reports. >> a left questions still this morning. thank you so much. we'll check in with you later. >>> looking at some of our other top stories this horn, an alexandria sheriff's deputy is on routine administrative leave after prince george's county police say the deputy shot and killed an intruder. the deputy returned home on rose marie drive in fort washington tuesday night and found...